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British climber Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of 'No one Mourns The Wicked' (V17/9A) at Thunder Ridge in Colorado, USA.

Andres Marin, Tad McCrea and Anna Pfaff have made the first ascent of 'Journey Through the Castle of Providence' on Mount Providence in Alaska. Pfaff reports about 'the most direct route to the summit.'

Giuseppe Bagattoli, Andrea Calzà, Giampaolo Calzà and Omar Oprandi have completed 'Spina' on the central face of Monte Colodri at Arco in Valle del Sarca, Italy. Giampaolo 'Trota' Calzà reports about the first ascent of the climb dedicated to Mauro Giovanazzi 'Spina' who perished in an avalanche in 2013.

Melloblocco 2025 will take place from 7 - 10 May 2025 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. Check out the latest updates about the biggest bouldering meeting in the world.

The film documenting the first flash ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite, carried out by Barbara Zangerl with Jacopo Larcher on 'Freerider' in November 2024.

Arthur Poindefert reports about the first ascent of 'Géant dans l’âme' on the north face of Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif, established on 11/04/2025 together with Mathis Garayt and Kilian Moni. The 500m mixed climb has been graded M8+, ED

From 18 - 22 March 2025 French climber Soline Kentze completed a rope-solo ascent of 'The Nose' on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

American climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated 'Erebor' in Arco, Italy. The 9b was established by local climber Stefano Ghisolfi in 2021.

Yesterday 74-year-old British climber Rob Matheson made a rare repeat of 'The Bells, The Bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it was first ascended in 1980 by John Redhead.

British climber Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of 'Megatron' in the Eldorado Canyon, USA. The V17 (Font 9A) boulder was established by Shawn Raboutou in 2022.

The film 'Edge of Reason' that documents the record breaking ascent of Broad Peak carried out by Benjamin Védrines in 7 hours 28 minutes on 19 July 2022. The French mountaineer then became the first person in the world to paraglide off the summit.

On 15/04/2025 Nasim Eshqi and Sina Heidari completed the first ascent of 'End Child Marriage' on Punta Cusidore in Sardinia, Italy. The climb is the third in Eshqi's ongoing project 'When Mountains Speak', which uses climbing as a platform to amplify human rights issues, with a focus on women’s rights.

The trailer for the documentary 'Eternal Solo', which documents the first solo ascent of 'Eternal Flame' in the heart of the Karakorum massif in July 2024. The film, written and directed by Andrea Cossu, will have its world premiere at the 73rd edition of the Trento Film Festival.

The first stage of the Boulder World Cup 2025 was won in Keqiao, China, last weekend by USA’s Annie Sanders and Japan’s Anraku Sorato

Interview with 26-year-old Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo about his cutting-edge 'Café Colombia' project at Margalef in Spain.

Watch Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl making the first repeat of 'The Gift' (8c, 350m) on the Drusenfluh the Rätikon massif in Austria, summer 2024.